Canada vs Southern Asia: Artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — Area

Canada
985.04 1000 ha
in 2022
Southern Asia
3,872 1000 ha
in 2022
Canada rank
15th
Southern Asia rank
12th

Artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — Area over time

  • Canada
  • Southern Asia
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How they compare

Southern Asia currently reports 3,872 1000 ha against 985.04 1000 ha in Canada, a difference of 2,887 1000 ha.

That makes Southern Asia's figure about 3.9 times Canada's.

Across all 31 years both countries report, Southern Asia has been ahead every year.

Canada ranks 15th and Southern Asia ranks 12th of 224 countries.

Southern Asia has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Canada Southern Asia Difference Ahead
1990s 601.04 1000 ha 999.92 1000 ha 398.88 1000 ha Southern Asia
2000s 783.62 1000 ha 1,699 1000 ha 915.22 1000 ha Southern Asia
2010s 890.92 1000 ha 2,854 1000 ha 1,963 1000 ha Southern Asia
2020s 969.02 1000 ha 3,605 1000 ha 2,636 1000 ha Southern Asia

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area, Canada or Southern Asia?
Southern Asia, at 3,872 1000 ha against 985.04 1000 ha in Canada as of 2022.
What is the difference in artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area between Canada and Southern Asia?
2,887 1000 ha, with Southern Asia ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Canada and Southern Asia?
31 years are reported by both, from 1992 to 2022.
How do Canada and Southern Asia rank globally for artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — area?
Canada ranks 15th and Southern Asia ranks 12th of 224 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — Area from CCI_LC. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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About this data

Indicator
Artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — Area from CCI_LC
Unit
1000 ha
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
270 places, 8,231 data points, 1992–2022
Last refreshed

The FAOSTAT domain on Land Cover data under the Agri-Environmental Indicators section contains land cover information organized by the land cover classes of the international standard system for Environmental and Economic Accounting Central Framework (SEEA CF). The land cover information is compiled from publicly available Global Land Cover (GLC) maps: a) MODIS land cover types based on the Land Cover Classification System, LCCS; b) The European Spatial Agency (ESA) Climate Change Initiative (CCI) annual land cover maps produced by the Université catholique de Louvain (UCL)-Geomatics and now under the European Copernicus Program; c) The annual land cover maps which were produced under the European Copernicus Global Land Service (CGLS) (CGLS land cover, containing discrete land cover categorization), with spatial resolution 100m; and d) the WorldCover maps of the European Space Agency, produced at 10m resolution.